Belting.



' A. M. GREAN.

BELIING.

APPLICATION HLEDEPT. 8,. |916.

Patented Oct. 8, 1918.

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ALEXANDRE M. GREAN, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

BELTIN G.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented 0015.8, 1918.

Application led September 8, 1916. Serial No. 119,094.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, ALEXANDRE M. GREAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Belting, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to belting for apparel, such as girdles, linings and the like, and the object is to provide a structure that will permit the body of the belting to be formed of a single strip, and yet have both a longitudinal and a transverse curvature, so that it will properly fit the form of the wearer without wrinkling.

One embodiment of the invention is illustra-ted in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a section of the material, with the portions at one end separated in order to illustrate its construction,

Fig. 2 is a similar view of the opposite side, and

Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view on an enlarged scale and substantially on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a cross sectional view to illustrate the transverse curvature.

Similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

In the embodimentillustrated, a strip l of suitable material is employed that may be of any desired length and width. This material is provided at intervals with transverse plaits 5, said plaits being curved and tapering substantially to a point 6 at one margin of the strip, the opposite portion being also tapered, but to a less degree, forming a fold 7 in the opposite margin.

Extending longitudinally along the strip 4, and located nearer the edge having the folds 7 than the edge having the point 6, is a reinforcing tape 8 that is secured to the strip by a line of stitching 9 which passes through the plaits 5, and thus assist in securing the same against unfolding.

On the same side of the body or belting strip 4 as the tape 8 are placed transverse bones 10 preferably located in casings 11 and disposed over the plaits 5, being secured to the strip 4 and to the plaits 5 by lines of stitching 12 that pass through the plaits, and thus effectively retain the same.

The edges of the body or belting strip 4 are preferably bound with tape 13 folded thereover and secured in place by lines of stitching 14.

Because of the curved formation of the plaits, the belting strip is caused to have a transverse curvature, and as the folds of said plaits are greater at one edge of the belting strip than at the other, it will be evident that the strip also has a longitudinal edgewise curvature, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Consequently, conform to the contour of the wearer. It will be evident that it may be made of any length desired, and sections cut therefrom for individual use.

In the actual construction, the method of making the strip is to form the plaits successively, lay the reinforcing tape 8 along the strip, and stitch it over the plaits as they are formed. The bones are afterward applied and secured in place by lines of stitching, and finally the binding strips are placed-in position and sewed.

From the foregoing, it is thought that the construction operation and many advantages of the herein described invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art without further description, and it will be understood that various changes in the size, shape, proportion andvminor details of ,construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I Claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isz- 1. As an article of manufacture, a strip of belting material having transversely disposed plaits therein, and bones secured over said plaits.

2. As an article of manufacture, a strip 0f belting material having plaits therein, bones extending along said plaits, and means securing the bones to the strip, said means constituting retaining means for the plaits.

3. As an article of manufacture, a strip of belting material having plaits therein, bones extending along said plaits, and lines of stitching securing the bones to the strip and passing through the plaits.

4. As an article of manufacture, a strip of belting material having plaits therein, a longitudinal reinforcing tape extending across the plaits, and means securing the reinforcing tape to the strip and securing the plaits against unfolding.

the article is shaped to i 5. As an article of manufacture, a' str-ip of belting material having plaits therein,a longitudinal reinforcing tape extending" across the plaits, bones extending substantially longitudinally of the plaits, and means secu-ring;` the reinforcing.- tape andloones to y the strip and securing the plaits against unfolding.

i G. As an article of manufacture, astrip of beltingl materiali having! plaits therein, a longitudinal reinforcing tape extending' across theplaits, bones extending substantially longitudinally* ot" theipla'it's, stitching securinglthe tape tothe strip andieX' tending through the plaitsj' and stitching' securing the honesto thev strip `and f also eXL tending through the pla-its.

7. As ansarticle of manu-'a'cture,` astripot .belting material having transversely tapferedA plaits therein that' are Wider atone end than the other, producingjhelting that isp'rovidedwvith a ture. v

8. As an article of manufacture, a: strip* oit' belting` `material having transverse" plaits therein that taper substantially to apointjat cnemargin'of the strip and-taper to a'lessl degree' toward the otherV margin whereby;- the strip has a longitudinal edge'vvise"curva= ture, andV means for preventing'the plait's" unfolding; L i y 9. As an article'ofmanufacturer-ajstripof' helting 4material having -transversely:tapered plaits therein that-'are vviderfat'one' endg thanvr thefotlrer',A producing h elting that' is prov vided with a jlongitudin al edgewise"w cur-val longitudinal edgeivise: curva#V Y ture, anda reinforcmgstrip'secured longi:

tudinally'to .the belt/'ng strip across tlreplaits and nearer one* edge than the" otherz p lO. an articlev` oftman ufa'ctur'e,a strip of belting material having transverse'plaits therein that. taper substantially toafpoint at onemarginiof the materialand taper to tudinally; to thebelting strip across the;

plaits'and nearer oneed/gev than the other, and bones disposed transversely of the belt'- ing strip and" longitudinally over the plaits.

12.-; As an article of manufacture, a stripI offbeltiiigfmaterial liavingtransverse curved p'laits'therein that taper to a greater'degree toward one edge than tow ard the otherV edge,v a "longitudinal tape nearer* the* latter edge7 bones 4secured transv'ersely` to' the beltingstiip loven ti'e plaits,`

and bindingfsti'ips secured? over the "er ges off the belting`- strip and/over the` ends of the bones;

13.- Asan article oEfmanu-factii're, al flexible strip or beltnig material formed from* aff single piece and'liavinfgj'aitransverse curv'ature; and a' longitudinal edgewvise curvature fixed to the belting stripy 145 As an articleromanufacture," aliex- -ible strip of belting material formed Gtia;-V

single piece' and Ahaving curved transversely disposed permanent plaits tudinal edgevvise curvature.

'In testimony Whereoffl aHiX- irryfsignatirre in the presence-oli" t'vvo Witnesses".

BEXANDRE M. (dtlnaN.y Witnesses:

HENRY- MARTIN, VH'. I. Srnmnsf.

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